The diagnosis of diabetes insipidus should be considered when a patient excretes large volumes of dilute urine after neurosurgery, typically >2.5 ml/kg body weight per hour. When this symptom is ...

Four patients with hormone-insufficiency diabetes insipidus have been treated with combined chlorothiazide and vasopressin administration. Two adult women (Cases 5 and 6, Table 1) were accustomed ...